| Weekend Educational Course:
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Diffusion &
Perfusion II
An Updated Comparative View of MRI of Cerebral Perfusion |
| Organizer: Afonso C. Silva,
Ph.D. |
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| Skill Level:
Intermediate - Advanced |
| Sunday, 2 May
2010 |
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OVERVIEW |
This half-day intermediate/advanced
educational course will provide a comparative view of the two main
methodologies used both in research and clinical practice today to
measure cerebral perfusion: Arterial Spin Labeling and Dynamic
Susceptibility Contrast (DSC-MRI). The speakers (M.D.’s and Ph.D.’s)
will be our leading experts in MRI development and applications of
ASL and DSC-MRI, and the main topics to be covered are:
- Fundamentals of Arterial Spin
Labeling and of DSC-MRI;
- Applications of Arterial Spin
Labeling and of DSC-MRI;
- Limitations & Pitfalls of
Arterial Spin Labeling and of DSC-MRI; and
- The Future of Arterial Spin
Labeling and of DSC-MRI.
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EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES |
Upon completion of this course
participants should be able to:
- List the major MRI techniques
used to measure cerebral blood flow;
- Describe the latest technical
advances in arterial spin labeling (ASL) and dynamic
susceptibility contrast (DSC) techniques to measure cerebral
blood flow, and discuss their current limitations;
- Describe the current status of
methods to quantify perfusion and perfusion-related parameters
in the healthy brain, and to compare the methodology to that
required for robust quantification in the diseased brain;
- Recognize the utility of MRI of
brain perfusion to the diagnostics and treatment of
cerebrovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, and brain
tumors, and to list its uses in pediatric applications; and
- List non-conventional methods to
measure brain function, understand and discuss their current
limitations and predict their future applicability.
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Basic Principles |
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| 13:30 |
Fundamentals of Arterial
Spin Labeling |
Emmanuel L.
Barbier, Ph.D. |
| 13:55 |
Fundamentals of DSC-MRI |
Linda Knutsson,
Ph.D. |
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Applications |
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| 14:20 |
Applications of Arterial
Spin Labeling |
John A. Detre,
M.D. |
| 14:45 |
Applications of DSC-MRI
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Kathleen M.
Schmainda, Ph.D. |
| 15:10 |
Break
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15:10 - 15:25 Meet the
Teachers
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Limitations & Pitfalls
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| 15:30 |
Limitations & Pitfalls of
Arterial Spin Labeling |
Xavier G. Golay,
Ph.D. |
| 15:55 |
Limitations & Pitfalls of
DSC-MRI |
Matthias J. P.
Van Osch, Ph.D. |
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The Future |
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| 16:20 |
Future of Arterial Spin
Labeling |
Eric C. Wong,
M.D., Ph.D. |
| 16:45 |
Future of DSC-MRI
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Leif Østergaard,
M.D., Ph.D. |
| 17:10 |
Adjournment |
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17:10 - 17:25 - Meet the Teachers |
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